Outside the Beltway

The vultures keep circling above the head of “America’s Mayor.”

Even as candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to base their campaigns on it, Democrats appear to be growing skeptical of ‘Medicare For All.’

It’s still the best Thanksgiving television episode ever.

Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.

After months of anti-government protests, Hong Kong headed to the polls in record number.

After flirting with the idea many times over the past decade and a half, Mike Bloomberg is officially running for President.

After a year of controversy and investigation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicated on charges of fraud and bribery.

Republicans used to honor the men and women who serve our country. In the Trump Era, they attack them in defense of the President.

After a long day of hearings, the case against the President is becoming clearer and Republican defenses becoming more absurd.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch described how the President’s allies intimidated her out of her position, while the President intimidated her live on Twitter.

We won’t have Sean Spicer to ikick around anymore.

Thirty years ago today, history took off in a brand new direction.

Caught in the middle of the Ukraine scandal, the President”s lawyer has gotten his own lawyers.

Get the popcorn and your favorite beverage ready.

Former President Obama called out so-called ‘woke’ culture in a talk late last week.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized for blocking constituents on Twitter as part of a legal settlement.

Twitter is banning all political advertising from its site. It is a largely meaningless decision, but it’s still a bad idea.

Greg Mankiw, an economist who served as a top adviser to Mitt Romney and George W. Bush, is officially no longer a Republican

Bowing to Immense political pressure to pay college athletes will dramatically change the game.

It wasn’t exactly a warm reception for President Trump at last night’s World Series Game Five.

They know how Congress works, but are banking on the fact that many Americans don’t.

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

The fourth Democratic debate saw a viewership dip from September, but there are likely some good reasons for that.

The same Republicans who were outraged over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server are silent about the use of private apps by Trump officials.

Tulsi Gabbard, who managed to qualify for tomorrow’s fourth Democratic debate after missing out on the third, is threatening to boycott what may be her last chance to make her case to a national audience.

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is under criminal investigation by the same office he once headed as U.S. Attorney.

The longtime anchor is leaving the network, ostensibly at his request.

Sigh.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held oral argument in a series of cases asking it to decide if existing civil rights laws cover discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Much like it did during the McCarthy Era, the Republican Party has to decide what side of history it wishes to be on. The right side, or the wrong side.

The evidence piles up.

The past week has demonstrated more notably than any other that this President is not well.

Bernie Sanders has slipped in the polls but retains his ability to raise money.

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was convicted of ,murder in the death of Botham Jean, an innocent man who was murdered for the “crime” of being in his own apartment.

Trump threatens civil war if he’s removed from office.

Jake Tapper and Chris Wallace both put Administration surrogates through the ringer on their respective Sunday morning shows.

Greg Sargent usefully lays out the basics.

Just days before he repeatedly pressured the President of Ukraine to reopen a closed investigation involving the son of former Vice-President Biden, President Trump suspended military aid that had been authorized by Congress.

Obvious advice is obvious.

Hurricanes and corrupting truth.

To listen to the meda, Joe Biden’s recent gaffes and malapropisms are a major story. For regular Americans, though, they don’t seem to matter.

The Democratic candidates for President who didn’t qualify for the third debate are coming under increased pressure to get out of the race.

Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party stalwart who served in Congress nine years ago, has thrown his hat in the ring against President Trump for the 2020 GOP Presidential Nomination.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed on with Fox News Channel to continue her career of lying on behalf of the President.

Republicans from around the country want Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to run for Senate in Kansas. Because they’re afraid they can’t win without him.

President Trump doubled down on his tirade against Jewish American Democrats from yesterday with some even more offensive comments.

Sean Spicer will appear on the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars

Former Vice-President Biden has dropped his first television ad in Iowa, and it touches on his strongest selling point.

The Trump Administration and 2020 campaign are clearly worried about the state of the economy. They should be, because it could be the one thing that dooms his re-election chances.

Protests in Hong Kong have been going on for nine weeks now, but they are reaching a point where the patience of the leaders in Beijing is being tested.